Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug: Great photos but I'm really bothered by the out-of-focus areas. ;) I have no idea what Douglas is talking about. Thanks for illustrating the point. Jay - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Doug Herr Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 2:01 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: To the defense of the 100 Apo Macro On Sun, 18 March 2001, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > Douglas, > > I will not engage in a fruitless discussion of M3 vs. M6 (and yes, I have both), > but the statements below really caught my eye. Until I read this I had never > heard anyone complain of the bokeh of this lens. I consider the 100 Apo Macro > the best lens I have held in my hands, period. I use mine for macro shots and > for general landscape and portraits (young pretty faces only!), and the > sharpness and color rendition of this lens are simply breathtaking. This lens > alone is reason enough to buy into the Leica R system. > > Nathan > So that those who have not used this lens may judge for themselves, here are a couple of photos made with the 100mm APO-Macro: http://home.earthlink.net/~telyt/yosemite/BOOFSNOW.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~telyt/yosemite/ELIZABETH.HTM These are obviously not the last word on the performance of this lens, and one must consider that I'm just learning to scan color negatives so please don't use these examples to judge color rendition. I'll echo Nathan's thoughts about the sharpness and color rendition: amazing (sorry Ken, no review yet). Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/